Holder for safety-razor blades.



R. MARX.

HOLDER FOR SAFETY RAZOR BLADES.

APPLIOATION FILED APR. 26, 1912.

v 1,103,977, Patented July 21,1914.

RICHARD MARX, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

HOLDER FOB SAFETY-RAZOR BIhADES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 21, 1914.

Application filed April 26, 1912. Serial No. 693,443.

To all Zt'lZOH'Z- it may concern lle it known that l, RICHARD Manna citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and Stateof Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Holders for Safety-Razor Blades; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,

th wafer blades between the time that said blades are sharpened and the time when they are inserted in the razor heads for use.

The object of the present invention is to provide a holder for a number of wafer blades in which the blades will'be individually supported in such wise that their cutting edges cannot contact with any surface or object which would be liable to damage or dull them and from which the blades may be withdrawn in succession with the utmost facility, thus dispensing with the necessity of wrapping each blade in a separate package and overcoming the danger of injury to the cutting edges when wrapping the same or by contact of said edges with the wrapping material.

The invention consists in a wafer razor blad holder embodying; certain novel de tails of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts, all as will be now described and pointed out particularly in the appended claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings,-Figu -e l is a plan view of a blade holder embodying the present improvements: Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the same showing several blades in position; Fig. 3 is a. section through the holder on the linev indicated at 3-3 in Fig. 1; Figs. 4: and 5 are a plan and elevation respectively of the yielding follower; Fig. 6 is a plan view of the blank from which the holder is formed; and Fig. 7 is a plan of a wafer .The body of the device is preferably formed up of sheet metal which may be initially out to the shape shown in Fig. 6, the blank being adapted to have its edge portions bent upwardly to form end walls A, side walls B, B with a bottom C. The end walls A are at their upper edges provided with inwardly extending overhanging flanges a, and at their front ends the said end walls A are bent inwardly to' form projeotions A. One of the side walls, preferably that indicated by the letter B is of substantially the height of the end walls and flanges a, while the other side wall B and the projections A are both of a height slightly less than the end walls, the upper edges of the said parts A and B being a distance below the level of the under face of the overhanging flanges, which is substantially equal to the thickness of one of the razor blades.

Mounted within the holder is a. yielding follower D preferably also formed of a single piece of sheet metal having centrally arranged downwardly projecting spring tongues (I, said tongues, as shown in F ig. 5, being crossed so as to exert a practically uniform upward pressure on the whole follower. Each end of the follower is provided with recesses d into which the projections A on the holder extend, and in general outline the said follower conforms to the interior shape of the holder, in this respect corresponding to the general shape of the blades, as shown in Fig. 7 of the drawing.

" The blades, however, are made of such size that their cutting edges 6 will be held a suitieient distance away from the side wall B to prevent any possibility of the edges being marred or injured by contact with said wall,

and this result is accomplished by the engagement of the projections A with the end recesses e in the razor blades.

In use it is designed that holders such as herein set forth shall be made so cheap that a holder will be furnished with each dozen blades. without increasing the cost of the blades, and the blades when mounted in. the holders will be given a very thin coating of paratli'n or other rust resisting material, so that no individual wrapping of the blades will be necessary or desired. lYith the construction described. not only may the blades be readily inserted by being slipped into position under the overhangii'ig end flanges, but they may be readily removed by sliding maining blades being-held in place bv the projections A and walls of. the, holder. Ob-

viously either or both side walls B and 13' may be of such height that the topmost blade may slide over the same, but it is preferred that the wall B normally atthe rear edge of the razor blade be the one over which the blade isremo'ved, for with this construction there is less danger of'the user beingcut by the blade as it is being removedand its cutting edge is always protected. Of course, the package comprising the holder and blades mounted therein may be wrapped or placed in a suitable carton for distribution, but owing to the fact that theblades are firmly clamped against" the overhanging end flanges there will be little or no danger ofeven the upper blade being accidentally displaced or Working into a-position where the. cutting edge of the same can be inj ured.

Having thus described my invention-,what

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is:

L A razor blade holder embodying a receptacle having end and side walls and overlying flanges on the end walls having their inner faces above the level of the e'dge'of a side wall and rigid inwardly extending projections on the end walls extending from the bottom ot'the receptacle upwardly for cooperation with end recesses in the blades there being a space above said projections for theescapepf thetupperniost blade in a horizontal plane above the projection, and a yielding follower. for holding the blades up against the flanges on the end walls.

A razor blade holder einbodying'a rce ptacle formed of sheet metal with bottom,

end and side walls, the end walls having overlying flanges with their inner faces above the level of theiedge of a side wall and projections in the ends of the receptacle for cooperation with end recesses in, the blades, fsaid"projections being of the same whcrebvthe blades may be withdrawn from the holder edgcwise' in a plane above the projectionsand a yielding follower for holdil'lg'thelilacles against the said flanges;

3; A razor blade holder embodying are withdrawn fronr the holder edgewlse in a height as the side wall of least height,

plane above the projections, and a yielding follower plate having recesses tion with' said PiOJGCtlOIlS.

RICHARD X;

for cooperalVitnesses: Q I

Tn'no. C. 'BnooKs, JOHN B. S'rnrsox, J r; 

